November 10, 2005
01:00 PM (EST)

News Release Number: STScI-2005-35

Young Stars Sculpt Gas with Powerful Outflows

November 10, 2005: This image of star cluster NGC 346 and its surrounding star-formation region was
taken in July 2004 with the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard NASA's Hubble Space
Telescope. Located 210,000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC),
a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way, the cluster is one of the most dynamic and
intricately detailed star-forming regions in space. A dramatic structure of arched,
ragged filaments with a distinct ridge encircles the cluster.